Dubin Residential is offering buyers $10,000 off the purchase price on remaining units and townhomes at several developments. In many cases, the units or townhomes are also available for immediate delivery.
Dubin has three two-bedroom townhomes available at The Wabash Club at 2390 S Wabash Ave. The homes range from 1,740 to 2,270 square feet and are priced from the $420s to the $580s before the discount. The townhomes have granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, maple cabinets, hardwood floors and attached two-car garages. Dubin also has one unit left at its Monroe Place and Welbourn Row condo projects and a single townhome at its Kilbourn Court development.
Buyers also have the option of financing the purchase to one percent below current market interest rates instead of taking the $10,000 discount.
I am not a big fan of the Durban design or how they turned out thus far, but I am quite surprised by the sales success of these units, considering this location. I thought that area would be the toughest sale to date of locations in the South Loop. (a raw area, close to the Horner homes to the west, still a great deal of small industrial warehouses in the neighborhood, and not an ideal location to walk to from a safety prespective).
Hats off to them though; this will make a good anchor for the rest of Motor Row to the east, and the undeveloped lots and buildings North on Wabash to start filling out.
With regards to Motor Row to the east, the new McCormick Place drop-off area on Indiana behind Motor Row is not so bad considering how imposing proximity to a convention center could be. If they plug a few restaurants in that area, it could become a nice little neighborhood, especially after the city completes the CDOT streetscaping on Michigan Ave later this year or next.
Jeffery said:
“(a raw area, close to the Horner homes to the west, still a great deal of small industrial warehouses in the neighborhood, and not an ideal location to walk to from a safety prespective).”
Not ideal from an esthetic prospective is more like it, but Horner Homes is not very close at all, let alone a threat to the area, for goodness sakes! What an exaggeration. The area is coming along wonderfully. Hopefully it will escape the highrise craze of it’s Museum Campus neighbor and retain it’s earthbound atmosphere (McCormick Place notwithstanding).
Nevertheless, for your choice of a master bedroom that shares a full bath with the third bedroom down the hall, or a master with a bath with only a shower for 500k? Pleez!
Being near Prairie and Indiana Avenues (My old stomping grounds)isn’t enough to make up for the less than steller floor plan…for my tastes. But to each his/her own.
I think Jeffery’s talking about the Hillard Homes, not the Horner Homes, which are miles away.
Oh yeah, those, well. It’s no worse than when Cabrini Green towers still existed in Lincoln Park.
My apologies, Jeffery.
My mistake, You are correct. I meant to say Hilliard and Ickes…What can I say, I just don’t know my Urban Housing Projects 🙂
I do not disagree with your other comments; however as late as 2003, you could have gotten into some of the Townhomes in the Prairie District for the same price, with better proximity. I lived through the early days of transformation at Wabash and Roosevelt. While it was seedy, the upside was much better than Cermak because there really were no issues of true gentrification or displacement. I have no problem with Durbin location, but Real Estate agents do.
As to your comments about the the high rise plan, dare I say (gasp), the Chicago Central Plan and Zoning changes targets a high rise corridor along Cermak from Calumet to China town…however, I am not sure if this will happen to the level the city wanted. Some of the new business on Cermak at Michigan, and Wabash may have tempered that idea (although they may be still cheap for a big developer to buy out).
This area soon needs a 2nd “L” stop either at Cermak or at 18th…will not happen soon without the Olympics.
As a victim of Dubin Residential, I highly reccommend everyone stay away from their developments. My wife and I bought at Welbourn Row at Damen and Clybourn. The problems are endless. They are shady scam artists.
Luke,
Without specifics, no one is likely to attach much credibility to your sweeping allegations.
When I was a developer, I was on rare occasion the victim of buyers whose notion of “endless problems” consisted of a microscopic fleck of paint on a fireplace surround and the minor issues that are characteristic of all new construction, even with the best builders.
There aren’t too many builders who’ve been active continuously in Chicago for as long a period as Dubin has. And, as another commenter notes above, one of Dubin’s other projects is selling quickly.
Readers – we don’t know who this commenter is or, in fact, whether he exists.
We do know that Welbourn Row is not at the intersection of Clybourn and Damen, but a block north of that on Clybourn. One small index to the accuracy of what was stated by “Luke Bobek.”
Luke,
Thanks for providing specifics, so that everyone can form their own take on the merits of your position.
And thanks also for letting everyone know just how your mind operates.
Although I’m sympathetic to the delays in occupying your home, you lost me – and everyone else who’s rational – when you say the developer made you homeless for 4 months.
If there were any connection with Dubin, I would have disclosed it.
It’s easy to disagree with you without having any relationship to Dubin.
Joe,
It would be interesting to see what your job is at Dubin, who you are related to or how much they pay you to reduce their negative PR online.
Just an FYI, our endless problems include:
1) Being homeless for 4 months because of Dubins incompetence in securing the proper permits from the city.
2) Our elevator has left people stuck multiple times; the fire dept was needed to free the trapped people.
3) The slowest elevator in Chicago.
4) Leaking sprinkler system in our bedroom, which required me to take multiple days off of work. The leak required holes to be cut into my ceiling numerous times, and the ceiling is still not fixed 100%.
5) Dubin installed the wrong doors in everyone’s unit, and refuses to replace them all. Their is over two inches of clearance under the door, getting them to fix this is on going.
6) Defective, cheap floors. Our cheap laminate flooring panels are moving apart and peeling in less than 10 months.
7) The actual floor is sinking in by our sliding glass door, which now cannot be locked.
8) Our common rooftop deck was falling apart before the last summer, which our association had to pay for it to be fixed to our standards.
9) We can her what the people above us are watching on TV.
10) Dubin also failed to pay its advertised referral amount.
I exist pal, and the closest main intersection is Clybourn and Damen. So how about you accurately hit the bricks, and only write about things you are knowledgeable on.
Joe,
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